332 Capt. G. E. Shelley on the 



tail-feathers are uniform chestnut^ the next pair have the 

 basal portion of their inner webs slaty grey with a broad 

 black subterrainal bar very partially indicated ; the outer 

 four tail-feathers are slaty grey, with a broad subterminal 

 black bar and chestnut ends ; under tail-coverts chestnut, 

 slightly darker than the breast ; under surface of the tail 

 slaty grey, with a silvery gloss for the greater part of the sis 

 outer feathers, and the remainder chestnut ; under surface 

 of the wings rufous like the breast, shading into brown to- 

 wards the ends of the quills ; iris brown ; bill dusky slate- 

 colour, inclining to yellow towards the tip ; legs brown. 

 Total length 10 inches, culmen 065, wing 5"05, tail 4*9;, 

 tarsus 0*95 , 



Hah. W. Africa, from the Gold Coast to the Gaboon. 



My description is taken from a Gold-Coast specimen in 

 my own collection. In an immature bird, some of the sca- 

 pulars, wing-coverts, and secondaries are barred with black. 



36. Chalcopelia brehmeri. 



Chalcopelia brehmeri, Hartl. J. f. O. 1865, p. 97 ; id. Ibis, 

 1865, p. 236, Gaboon; Finsch, Ibis, 1875, p. 467; Bocage^, 

 Orn. Angola, 1881, p. 391. 



Peristera brehmeri, Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. 1870, p. 244; 

 Sharpe & Bouvier, Bull. S. Zool. France, 1876, p. 52, Lan- 

 dano and Chinchonxo ; Reichenow, J. f. O. 1877, p. 13, 

 Loango Coast. 



Very similar to C puella, from which it only differs in the 

 metallic spots on the wings being of a metallic coppery red, 

 with occasionally a slight green reflection. Total length 9"1 

 inches, culmen 0*65, wing 5*2, tail 45, tarsus 1. 



Hab. W. Africa, from the Gaboon to the Loango Coast, 

 north of the Congo. 



My description is taken from two specimens in the British 

 Museum collected by Duchaillu. 



For want of proof to the contrary, I here keep C. puella 

 and C brehmeri distinct, althovigh, in my opinion, they are 

 only races or varieties. This it remains for future facts to 

 show, my reason for supposing that they are not distinct 



